[19051] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: There's no substitute for value, was Re: BBN/GTEI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Tue Aug 25 16:38:51 1998
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 15:32:39 -0500
From: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>
To: nanog@merit.edu
johnl@iecc.COM (John R. Levine) writes:
>Lest anyone think this "pay for value" approach is too complex to be
>used in the real world, consider the relationship between your local
>CATV provider and its programming sources. The provider pays for HBO,
>takes local broadcast for free, and gets paid for infomercial
>channels.
And the reason why the US Congress enacted "must-carry" was ?
And the reason why Murdoch is buying both content generators and
distribution channels was ?
Why do things always look simple from the outside ?
Where is Andy Rooney when you need him ?
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Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
Affiliation given for identification not representation
